Ryan Shoots First: The Bad Batch (S3 Eps 6&7)
This week we are back with one of the multi-episode weeks of The Bad Batch as the Batch reunites with Rex to try and unfold the greater mystery. After the debrief of Omega and Crosshair, they are besieged by the Clone Asset we have been seeing and another old colleague of Rex’s.
I love how the show devotes so much time to the relationship Clones have with each other and their sense of honor. They almost serve each other and the brotherhood more than anything. Their code and camaraderie play a role in almost every clone-on-clone encounter and this is no different. This also lends into every new interaction Crosshair has with a clone he has had a run in with while serving the Empire. While being contrite and accepting he still never loses his edge and is still very much in character with the Crosshair we know. It was an extremely dark episode in terms of lighting but still some amazing uses of light specifically in the second episode Extraction. One of the final shots of the episode presenting a standoff is really the shot of the episode but not to be outdone is a fantastic hand-to-hand battle on the edge of a waterfall. Batch continues to be a leading piece of animation when it comes to the art.
Still a lot to unfold as we are early in the season but it is setting up to be dramatic and full of all the heart we expect as we bid farewell to the Batch.
Observations:
S3 Ep6 “Infiltration”
- Looks like Ezra’s tower
- Hey, Housers back!
- I never really thought about those separatist planets after the rebellion. Were they part of the New Republic?
- It’s a wonder rebels weren’t able to get some battle droids
- Is it too obvious to think that’s tech?
- Shadows eh?
- That’s a cool base camp
- Houser bout that torture life
- Echo such a good uncle
- Echo = Uncle
- Hunter = Dad
- Wrecker = big brother
- Crosshair = F up younger brother
- Well that didn’t take him long
- I like how Crosshair has kinda kept his edge like he’s sorry for what he did but isn’t totally changed.
- Pre-looney Gregor
- They’ve really built Hemlock into a massive threat.
- Oh that was cool
- Not Wolffe!
S3 Ep7 “Extraction”
- They really doing everything to make us think that’s Tech
- Kinda seems Wolf isn’t quite in on everything that’s going on.
- Houser gonna end up dying for Crosshair ain’t he
- Omega really got two of the most elite killers in the galaxy watching her at all times
- Wilhelm scream!
- These episodes really dark having a hard time seeing anything.
- I love seeing the tactical moves and checks when ever it’s clone on clone. They really were a step above storm troopers.
- Dang this is something else
- Loved that fight.
- Let’s not ignore all the troops just standing there
- Man that shot goes hard
- At some point Wolffe joins Rex in Rebels but not quite yes to guess.
- Good I was really hoping Rex wasn’t gonna say to keep her safe you gotta leave her or something. We’ve heard that so many times.